The first step to changing bad habits is to be on the lookout for them.
Instead of trying to engineer a perfect habit from the start, do the easy thing on a more consistent basis.
(a.) Alt. of Atomical
Peer pressure is bad only if you’re surrounded by bad influences.
The downside of habits is that you get used to doing things a certain way and stop paying attention to little errors.
No behavior happens in isolation. Each action becomes a cue that triggers the next behavior.
In the long run, we become a product of the environment we live in.
It’s friendship and community that embed a new identity and help behaviors last over the long run.
Small changes in context can lead to large changes in behavior over time.
We’ll jump through a lot of hoops to avoid a little bit of immediate pain.
The only way to become excellent is to be endlessly fascinated by doing the same thing over and over. You have to fall in love with boredom.
What is rewarded is repeated. What is punished is avoided.
Small habits don’t add up. They compound. That’s the power of Atomic Habits. Tiny changes. Remarkable results.
Without variety, we get bored. And boredom is perhaps the greatest villain on the quest for self-improvement.
If you work in a job where everyone wears expensive suits, then you’ll be inclined to splurge on one as well.
A habit needs to be enjoyable for it to last. Change is easy when it is enjoyable.
Missing once is an accident. Missing twice is the start of a new habit.
If you can make your good habits more convenient, you’ll more likely to follow through on them.
Good habits can make rational sense, but if they conflict with your identity, you will fail to put them into action.
You have the power to change your beliefs about yourself. Your identity is not set in stone. You have a choice in every moment.
But one push-up is better than not exercising. It’s better to do less than you hoped than to do nothing at all.
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